This 2007 file photo of the Hertel family – Troy, left, Maria, Carol and Ken Hertel – was taken when the family announced it planned a second Barn’rds for the west side. The family now expects the restaurant to open in a year to a year and a half. File photoThe Wichita Eagle

This 2007 file photo of the Hertel family – Troy, left, Maria, Carol and Ken Hertel – was taken when the family announced it planned a second Barn’rds for the west side. The family now expects the restaurant to open in a year to a year and a half. File photoThe Wichita Eagle

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“And the bottom fell out of the economy, and everything came to a standstill, and we decided we better sit on our hands for a while,” Hertel says. “But there’s been a lot of building going on out there in the last year or two. … The area is developing to the point where we feel comfortable doing business there now. That’s really the bottom line.”

The original Barn’rds, which is known for its roast beef, has been at 2037 N. Woodlawn for 34 years.

In 2007, Hertel told The Eagle he’d never considered a second restaurant, but Wichita State University officials urged him to think about it. The restaurant will open near the school’s west-side campus.

Hertel says the west-side Barn’rds will look a bit different than the east-side one but otherwise will be the same.